An Atlantic Southeast Airlines pilot has filed a lawsuit against codeshare partner Continental Express claiming retaliation against him and ruin of his professional reputation. The suit claims the pilot was targeted because he took precautionary action during severe weather conditions, costing the company money. In the filing the pilot alleges the airline used his pursuit of treatment for depression during a divorce years before as reasoning for grounding him. (www.aero-news.net) Plus d'info...

Which is why I don't fly on Regionals anymore. Not because of the lack of training, its the threat of being fired from your job for making a safety related decision. I'd be curious to see how many other flights were diverted that day due to weather.